Just returned from a trip to Payne’s Find, Mt Magnet, Yalgoo and Cue with Gil Langfield from Victoria.
We stopped at Lake Austin. Gary Oliver reported 100 Banded Stilt there recently. Things have changed :
Banded Stilt 3250 Red-necked Avocet 300 Black-winged Stilt 100 Red-capped Plover 10 Gull-billed Tern 1
The majority of the stilts / avocets were immatures. Presumably they are returning from breeding somewhere in the north or the east after the excellent conditions. I am told that there are still none on Rottnest Island.
Also four Orange Chats.
_________________________________________________________________ Frank O’Connor Birding WA http://birdingwa.iinet.net.au Phone : (08) 9386 5694 Email : foconnor@iinet.net.au
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